language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle | house | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(文房) | 文 | 房 | |
| simp.#(文房) | 文 | 房 | |
edit 民房民防 |
文房
In Chinese, the common word forstudy (as in a room designated for reading or writing) is書房/书房 (shūfáng); its雅稱/雅称 (yǎchēng, “elegant name”) is書齋/书斋 (shūzhāi) or文房 (wénfáng).
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 書房,書齋,文房 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 書房 |
| Singapore | 書房 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 書房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 書房 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 書房 | |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 書房 | |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 書房 | |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 書房 | |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 書房 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 書間仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冊房 |
| Quanzhou | 冊房 | |
| Jinjiang | 書間 | |
| Zhangzhou | 冊房 | |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 寫字房 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 書房,書房間 |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 房 |
| ぶん Grade: 1 | ぼう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
/bunbau/ →/bunbɔː/ →/bunboː/
FromMiddle Chinese文房 (MC mjun bjang, literally “literature,studies,writing +room,area”). Uses thekan'on reading for the first character, so possibly a later borrowing.
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 房 |
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 文 | 房 |
文房